This star is a perfectly good target, visible from both south and north. By off-setting the RA of the observation request one can get the reference star 117 in the fov. Oneo f the images below has the fov with PROMPT with the AAVSO visual refeence star field. This is a great star to work with! Its period is only ~ 90 minutes and it has a "cute" erractic behaviour near min magnitude!
BEWARE: One has to exert care in looking at these images. The orientation of the field will be difference from Southern Hemisphere [PROMPT] and Northern Hemisphere observatories. Also the images will be flipped depending on the side of the meridian the target is located. So there could be at lest 4 orientations of which to be aware!
Two images [nearly consecutive 005 and 007] from PROMPT for SkyNet observation #541296 are given below as examples. |
Variable Star CY Aqr
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CY Aqr-PROMPT-SkyNet #541296-007 with AAVSO-North is down and East is right | 321k | v. 2 | Nov 13, 2011, 12:54 PM | Richard DeCoster | |
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Image of CY Aqr and ref star 117 with N up and E left. From SkyNet541296; PROMPT. | 501k | v. 2 | Nov 13, 2011, 12:49 PM | Richard DeCoster | |
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CY Aqr PROMPT SkyNet #541296-005 with AAVSO: North is Up and East is left. | 322k | v. 3 | Nov 13, 2011, 12:55 PM | Richard DeCoster | |
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500k | v. 1 | Nov 12, 2011, 7:34 AM | Richard DeCoster |